Cetacea

Megaptera novaeangliae

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Mammalia
Infraclassis : Eutheria
Superordo : Laurasiatheria
Ordo : Artiodactyla
Subordo : Whippomorpha
Infraordo : Cetacea
Brisson, 1762

Palaeontologia

55–0 m.a.: Eocaenum > Recens

Subdivisiones: parvordines

Mysticeti

Odontoceti
†Archaeoceti

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Delphinum ad superficiem maris in Freto Calpis

Magnitudines cetaceorum. 1, *Euballena* (genus); 2, *Orca*; 3, *Balaena mysticetus*; 4, *Physeter macrocephalus*; 5, *Monodon monoceros*; 6, *Balaenoptera musculus*; 7, *Balaenoptera physalus*; 8, *Delphinapterus leucas.*

Cetacea (a Graeco κῆτος 'cetus', 'quilibet magnus piscis', vel etiam 'monstrum marinum') sunt infraordo qui varia mammalia marina late appellata mysticetos, delphinidas, et phocoenidas comprehendit.

In mythologia Graeca, monstrum a Perseo victum appellatur Ceto, a constellatione Ceto significatum.

Cetologia est ramus bilogiae marinae qui studium cetaceorum efficit.

Taxinomia

Subordo Mysticeti
- Familia Balaenidae
  - Genus Balaena
    - Balaena mysticetus
  - Genus Eubalaena
    - Eubalaena glacialis
    - Eubalaena iaponica
    - Eubalaena australis
- Familia Balaenopteridae
  - Subfamilia Balaenopterinae
    - Genus Balaenoptera
      - Balaenoptera physalus
      - Balaenoptera borealis
      - Balaenoptera brydei
      - Balaenoptera edeni
      - Balaenoptera musculus
      - Balaenoptera acutorostrata
      - Balaenoptera bonaerensis
      - Balaenoptera omurai
- Subfamilia Megapterinae
  - - Genus Megaptera
      - Megaptera novaeangliae
- † Genus Eobalaenoptera
  - † Eobalaenoptera harrisoni
- Familia Eschrichtiidae
  - Genus Eschrichtius
    - Eschrichtius robustus
- Familia Neobalaenidae
  - Genus Caperea
    - Caperea marginata

Subordo Odontoceti
- Superfamilia Platanistoidea
  - Familia Iniidae
    - Genus Inia
      - Inia geoffrensis
  - Familia Lipotidae
    - Genus Lipotes
      - Lipotes vexillifer
  - Familia Platanistidae
    - Genus Platanista
      - Platanista gangetica
  - Familia Pontoporiidae
    - Genus Pontoporia
      - Pontoporia blainvillei
- Familia Monodontidae
  - Genus Monodon
    - Monodon monocerus
  - Genus Delphinapterus
    - Delphinapterus leucas
- Familia Phocoenidae
  - Genus Neophocaena
    - Neophocaena phocaenoides
  - Genus Phocoena
    - Phocoena phocaena
    - Phocaena sinus
    - Phocoena dioptrica
    - Phocoena spinipinnis
  - Genus Phocoenoides
    - Phocoenoides dalli
- Familia Physeteridae
  - Genus Physeter
    - Physeter macrocephalus
- Familia Kogiidae
  - Genus Kogia
    - Kogia sima
    - Kogia breviceps
- Familia Ziphidae
  - Genus Ziphius
    - Ziphius cavirostris
  - Genus Berardius
    - Berardius arnuxii
    - Berardius bairdii
  - Genus Tasmacetus
    - Tasmacetus shepherdi
  - Subfamilia Hyperoodontidae
    - Genus Indopacetus
      - Indopacetus pacificus
    - Genus Hyperoodon
      - Hyperoodon ampullatus
      - Hyperoodon planifrons
    - Genus Mesoplodon
      - Mesoplodon hectori
      - Mesoplodon mirus
      - Mesoplodon europaeus
      - Mesoplodon bidens
      - Mesoplodon grayi
      - Mesoplodon peruvianus
      - Mesoplodon bowdoini
      - Mesoplodon bahamondi
      - Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
      - Mesoplodon ginkgodens
      - Mesoplodon stejnegeri
      - Mesoplodon layardii
      - Mesoplodon densirostris
- Familia Delphinidae
  - Genus Cephalorhynchus
  - Genus Steno
    - Steno bredanensis
  - Genus Sousa
    - Sousa teuszi
    - Sousa plumbea
    - Sousa chinensis
  - Genus Sotalia
    - Sotalia fluviatilis
  - Genus Tursiops
    - Tursiops truncatus
    - Tursiops aduncus
  - Genus Stenella
    - Stenella attenuata
    - Stenella frontalis
    - Stenella longirostris
    - Stenella clymene
    - Stenella coeruleoalba
  - Genus Delphinus
    - Delphinus delphis
    - Delphinus capensis
    - (Delphinus tropicalis)
  - Genus Lagenodelphis
    - Lagenodelphis hosei
  - Genus Lagenorhynchus
  - Genus Lissodelphis
    - Lissodelphis borealis
    - Lissodelphis peronii
  - Genus Grampus
    - Grampus griseus
  - Genus Peponocephala
    - Peponocephala electra
  - Genus Feresa
    - Feresa attenuata
  - Genus Pseudorca
    - Pseudorca crassidens
  - Genus Orcinus
    - Orcinus orca
  - Genus Globicephala
    - Globicephala melas
    - Globicephala macrorhyncus
  - Genus Orcaella
    - Orcaella brevirostris
    - Orcaella heinsohni

Nexus interni

Notae

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